A family of lawyers and supreme court judges is shown to have feet of clay in this series which had, potentially, so much going for it. Not only were the legal eagles wanting in morality, but other family members were dangerous hoodlums and the initial victim had legal problems of her own. It hardly rings true. Not only in the way the supposed upholders of the law were shown to take to the dark side with alacrity, but how the hoodlums had a well-honed murder operation seemingly unknown to the cops.
The perp was an unattractive drug dealer protected by a crime boss. That he managed to seduce various attractive young women didn't bear thinking about. From the initial murder, his actions, which started spontaneously, became more and more unhinged until the ludicrous final couple of episodes in which family members rescue a kidnap victim without involving the cops who seem oblivious to the usage of illegal weapons and and whose forensic department and coroner fail to notice suffocation.
Did I say that the perp started behaving irrationally? The members of the family who were pillars of society were even worse. They took unexplained decision and actions one after the other, totally at odds with their histories as upholders of the law. All the while, the deviant half of the family were busy bumping off opponents and advising on how to do hits to their relatives.
The family was flummoxed by the totally transparent tricks of the perp that I saw immediately. That people with such fine minds both legal and criminal could have been fooled by such stupid smokescreens was not on the cards.
I admit it, I watched it all. It's one of those series where one says to oneself, "how much worse can this get"? Heaven help us, I read that a second season is on its way. I don't think I'll be watching it.
The perp was an unattractive drug dealer protected by a crime boss. That he managed to seduce various attractive young women didn't bear thinking about. From the initial murder, his actions, which started spontaneously, became more and more unhinged until the ludicrous final couple of episodes in which family members rescue a kidnap victim without involving the cops who seem oblivious to the usage of illegal weapons and and whose forensic department and coroner fail to notice suffocation.
Did I say that the perp started behaving irrationally? The members of the family who were pillars of society were even worse. They took unexplained decision and actions one after the other, totally at odds with their histories as upholders of the law. All the while, the deviant half of the family were busy bumping off opponents and advising on how to do hits to their relatives.
The family was flummoxed by the totally transparent tricks of the perp that I saw immediately. That people with such fine minds both legal and criminal could have been fooled by such stupid smokescreens was not on the cards.
I admit it, I watched it all. It's one of those series where one says to oneself, "how much worse can this get"? Heaven help us, I read that a second season is on its way. I don't think I'll be watching it.